Golden Ears Winter Club
Mission: To foster and promote the game of curling, sportsmanship and fellowship to everyone
City of Port Coquitlam employees Learn To Curl
Thanks to Bob Comartin, Jim Maitland, and their coaches who so generously gave of their time and talents to help their colleques Learn To Curl..... A great time followed by Food, Fun, and Prizes.
Welcome City of Port Coquitlam
GEWC was also pleased to welcome employees of the City of Port Coquitlam to a 'mini' spiel organized by GEWC members Bob Comartin and Jim Maitland.
District of Maple Ridge has a blast
Employees of the District enjoy trying curling during the 'mini' spiel organized by Russ Carmichael. Instruction provided by GEWC coaches Ed Collinson and Diane Dezura. Food, Fun, and great prizes - a very enjoyable time.
Welcome District of Maple Ridge!
Summer weather doesn't stop employees of the District of Maple Ridge, led by Russ Carmichael, with help from Christine DiGiamberardine, from coming out to try curling. Well done everyone!
Golden Ears Winter Club Junior Bonspiel
Novice winners: Gold Team Kaufman of Abbotsford, Silver Team Stroomer of Chilliwack, and Bronze Team Hanni of Mission. Team Jensen from Tunnel Town Curling Club took Gold in the Intermediate Division.
Golden Ears Golden Juniors
Beginner Division Gold Medalists - Team Norris, Skip Mathew Norris; Third, Todd Kusper; Second Bodhi Nolin and Lead Josiah Dangerfield. Medals presented by Bronze Medalist Diane Dezura (Nelson).
GEWC Spirit Shines!
GEWC and Thursday Night Open is RED-y. Congrats to all our Olympic Volunteers. Have a fantastic experience and come back to us soon!
Dedicated Special Olympics Coaches
Left to right, GEWC SO Coaches, Tori Brack, Eric Holler (8 yr veteran volunteer), Chuck Lilley, Bill Gardner, Hugh McIntyre, and Kelly Brack (Leader). Watch CTV Jan 28th, 6 pm News, Jan 29 11:30; visit www.ctv.ca for more.
Special Olympics 1st Place Team
Catch the CTV interviews here at http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/perrysprospects/
Knights of Columbus share fun and fellowship.
Sammy Nelligan and team build an interesting house with fellow Knights of Columbus members.
Hard at work at Coastal Senior Men’s Playdowns!
GEWC Board of Director member Diane Dezura and GEWC staff member, Assistant Ice Tech Rick Jarrett assist concession staff with getting lunch ready for Sunday Competitors.
Twenty Teams at the Golden Stick Curling Bonspiel
Tim Gabert, Ed Collinson, Ted Gagnes, and Bill Taylor organized a great bonspiel with a full complement of 20 teams over a day and a half of play including great food and great ice - Thanks Don Huber and Rick Jarrett.
Korean Paralympic Team
Stick Curling Bonspiel Competitors went home with a cash prize and good memories of a great bonspiel. Pictured standing at left Coach Yang and at right Team Leader Moo Lee.
Stick Curling B Event Winners
B Event Winners: Bill Taylor and Al Herd are shown after accepting their cash prize C Event Winners: Vince Miele and Jim Millar D Event Winners: Jim Armstrong and Darryl Neighbour
8 – Ender!
Congratulations to Skip Mo MacLeod, Third Jen Woolley, Second Roberta Major, and Lead Carin Parsons on their 8-ender scored during Wednesday Night Ladies league play.
Wheelchair Curling
Ken and Keris wheelchair curlers take to the ice. This is a growing sport focussing on inclusivity. Wheelchair curlers are easily integrated into the general curling community and its leagues.
Juniors and Juveniles welcome in the Youth Curling Centre Programs
Juveniles (16 yrs and under) and Juniors (20 yrs and under) are curling at GEWC. Thank You to Jack Stadel who built the Youth Curling Centre Jrs a plumb line.
Volunteer Coaches give time to the Youth Curling Centre Juniors
Easily recognizable in their Yellow Vests; Carol Norris, Ed Collinson, Bob Axford, Bob MacKay, Rima Rea, Heather Brown, Peter England, and Ian Strahan are volunteer coaches for the juniors and often for the School Program as well!
Junior Curling is in full swing for 2009-2010
Junior Coordinators are Laura Stadnik, Rima Rea, and Cheryl Pipke. Rima has taken on the role of Junior Coach. A hearty Thank You to Cheryl Simpson who generously donated her time and material to help ensure success.
Curl BC Friendship Award to GEWC’s Own Cary Blackburn
GEWC Member Cary Blackburn (Hurricane Web Publishing) receives his Curl BC Friendship Award from Curl BC Past President Terry Vandale at the Curl BC Board Meeting in September. Congratulations Cary!
Beginner/Novice Clinics
Thank You to GEWC coaches: Heather Brown, 'Dutchy' Kleisterlee, Peter England, Sandy Fister, Pauline Jarrett, Tim McCulloch, Deb Sahanovitch, Eric Truchon, and Brian Williams, lead by Doug Patterson and Lynne Jambor
Serious Folks
Our GEWC intermediate curlers enjoying video analysis and learning how to be more successful.
Intermediate and Beginner/Novice Clinics
Thanks to Intermediates' Coaches Bob Comartin, and Diane Dezura, led by Colleen Hannah, and Curl BC Regional Coach Al Moore. Thank You for your generous time and effort - you've been awesome!
Club Looks Great!
14 Feb
Thanks to Sunday Night League! Locate our Inukshuk, Olympic Rings, and flags. Sign up to watch the Men’s Gold Medal Game Feb 27th on the Green Sign Up Board.
Upcoming Special Events
11 Feb
Saturday February 20th – noon to 4pm
Drop-in instruction/information
‘mini’ Learn To Curl lessons and league information
Wii Curling in the lobby
Free coffee and snacks to welcome you here.
Saturday February 27th – 3pm – 7pm
Watch the Men’s Gold Medal game – Open Social
Big Screen viewing
Potluck, Bar, and loads of great curling fun.
Sunday March 14 – noon – 6pm
Bring a Friend Day
Two-game mixer open to all levels, beginner, novice, experienced
Bar and Munchies, applies, food goodies
Two 4-end games
Pre-register in the office at 604-463-4813 $5.00 a person
As you may have heard, the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is passing through Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on February 8, 2010. On behalf of the District of Maple Ridge and City of Pitt Meadows, you are cordially invited to participate in our exciting celebration. The organizing team is planning festivities in the morning of February 8th in Maple Ridge and in Pitt Meadows. Attached to this letter you will find the route details for both Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. We would like Sports Groups like yourselves to be a part of these events and ask that you to forward this request to your membership.
Events will begin in Memorial Peace Park at 6:15 am and conclude at 8:00 am. Local performance groups, dancers, and entertainment will be present along with festivities such as the unveiling of the Spirit of Wood carvings, Hometown Heroes, mini torch run, prizes and give-aways, refreshments and much more. Events in Pitt Meadows will run from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and include local performance groups, dancers, and entertainment will be present along with festivities such as the unveiling of the Spirit of Wood carvings, Hometown Heroes, mini torch run, prizes and giveaways, refreshments and much more. Please be advised that there will be rolling road closures along the Olympic Torch Relay route and motorists are strongly encouraged to plan ahead and prepare for delays while Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity. These road closures will be in effect for up to half an hour at a time and are in place to ensure the safety and security of the Torchbearer and traveling convoy.
If you have any comments or questions regarding this event, please visit www.vancouver2010.com or either www.mapleridge.ca or www.pittmeadows.bc.ca contact Kyle McLellan at 604-377-4027 or email ksmclellan@gmail.com.
Sincerely, Kyle McLellan, Chair Olympic Torch Relay Task Force
Curling’s an Olympic and Paralympic Sport – follow the torch and catch the excitement.
Maple Ridge Route Map Torch Relay
Pitt Meadows Route Map Torch Relay
Congratulations to the A winning team – Al Owen, skip; Gerry Owen, third; Don MacDonald, second; and Clint Wood, Lead. They trounced the Fromme Team from Mission who were under the weather.
In the B event, the Sims team gave it up after a well fought game against the B event winners Skip Don Olson, third, Ron Beck, Second Dennis Yanko, and Lead Robert Traub.
Congrats to the C Event winning Team of Peter Nielsen, skip; Dutchy Kleistrelee, third; Chris Martin, second; and Bernard Bonenfant, lead.
Kudoes to Assistant Ice Tech for great work on the weekend…well done and much appreciated by the competitors.
GEWC Special Olympics curlers were very successful at the Abbotsford Special O bonspiel. We had a 1st place team and our other team was 2 wins in 3 games. There where 12 teams from Vancouver, Langley, Abbotsford, Richmond, Burnaby, Gibsons and Maple Ridge.
We are in our 5th year of the program and practice Tuesdays from 4:00 – 5:30. We have 14 athletes and 6 coaches making ours 1 of the biggest curling programs in BC. We will be at the Langley Bonspiel Feb.7th as well as the Special Olympics Regional Qualifying bonspiel in March hosted by Abbotsford Curling Club. We have always had great support from the management and staff of GEWC and are proud to call it our home club.
Head Coach / Kelly Brack
Assistant Coaches / TORI Brack
Bill Gardiner, Eric Holler, Hugh McIntyre, and Chuck Lilly
Team # 1 / Skip Chloe Murphy – Completed 2 wins & 1 loss / just out of medals contention. Lead Derrick Terpsma, 2nd Deandra, 3rd Natasha, Spare Jason + Tyler: Team # 2 / Skip Kyle Jarrett – Completed 2 wins & 1 loss with 11 points for 1st Place, Lead Matthew Bueschkens, 2nd Jeramy Huskins, 3rd Dave McNeil, Spare Youlanda
Kelly Brack, Head Coach Ridge Meadows Special Olympics Curling
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